drasticsolutions/powershell_managedcredential

Secure encryption and decryption of credentials in PowerShell with SecureString

Repo archived because secure string shouldn't be used anymore :)

See https://github.com/dotnet/platform-compat/blob/master/docs/DE0001.md

PowerShell - ManagedCredential

Secure encrpytion and decryption of credentials in PowerShell.

Description

Module and script for secure encrpytion and decryption of credentials in PowerShell. Encrypted credentials can be stored in an xml-file or variable and be decrypted from there.

This function uses the SecureString Class from the .NET-Framework. Once encrypted credentials, can only be decrypted by the same user and on the same computer.

If user "A" encrypt the credentials on computer "A", user "B" cannot decrypt the credentials on computer "A" and also user "A" cannot decrypt the credentials on Computer "B".

Module

How to install the module?

1. Download the latest Release
2. Copy the folder Module\ManagedCredential to C:\Users\%username%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\
3. Open up a PowerShell as an admin and set the execution policy: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
4. Import the Module with the command Import-Module ManagedCredential (Maybe add this command to your PowerShell profile)

Available functions:

Function	Description	Help
New-ManagedCredential	Secure encryption of credentials as SecureString	📖
Get-ManagedCredential	Secure decryption of encrypted credentials	📖

Scripts

Function	Description	Help
New-ManagedCredential.ps1	Secure encryption of credentials as SecureString	📖
Get-ManagedCredential.ps1	Secure decryption of encrypted credentials	📖

Encrypted xml-file